</a><em>Photo credit: <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10085/japanese-pavilion-at-shanghai-world-expo-2010.html">Designboom</a></em>
Continuing our coverage of the<a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/04/27/shanghai-world-expo-featuring-green-pavilions-starts-saturday/" target="_blank"> Shanghai World Expo</a>, we come to the <a href="http://shanghai.expo-japan.jp/en/" target="_blank">Japan Pavilion</a>, officially nicknamed the 'Purple Silkworm Island'. <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10085/japanese-pavilion-at-shanghai-world-expo-2010.html" target="_blank">Designboom</a> is on the scene in Shanghai and has captured some great images of strange-looking purple bubble. The lightweight structure is composed of a tubular metal support system covered in a purple membrane with <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2005/06/10/solar-panel-roof-tiles/" target="_blank">integrated solar cells</a>.</a></em></a></a></a></a></big></a></a></a></a>...<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/japan-pavilion-is-a-solar-energy-generating-purple-silkworm-island/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Japan Pavilion (photo credit: Designboom)

</a><em>Photo credit: <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10085/japanese-pavilion-at-shanghai-world-expo-2010.html">Designboom</a></em>
Continuing our coverage of the<a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/04/27/shanghai-world-expo-featuring-green-pavilions-starts-saturday/" target="_blank"> Shanghai World Expo</a>, we come to the <a href="http://shanghai.expo-japan.jp/en/" target="_blank">Japan Pavilion</a>, officially nicknamed the 'Purple Silkworm Island'. <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10085/japanese-pavilion-at-shanghai-world-expo-2010.html" target="_blank">Designboom</a> is on the scene in Shanghai and has captured some great images of strange-looking purple bubble. The lightweight structure is composed of a tubular metal support system covered in a purple membrane with <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2005/06/10/solar-panel-roof-tiles/" target="_blank">integrated solar cells</a>.</a></em></a></a></a></a></big></a></a></a></a>...<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/japan-pavilion-is-a-solar-energy-generating-purple-silkworm-island/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Japan Pavilion (photo credit: Xinhua/Wang Song)

</a><em>Photo credit: <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10085/japanese-pavilion-at-shanghai-world-expo-2010.html">Designboom</a></em>
Continuing our coverage of the<a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/04/27/shanghai-world-expo-featuring-green-pavilions-starts-saturday/" target="_blank"> Shanghai World Expo</a>, we come to the <a href="http://shanghai.expo-japan.jp/en/" target="_blank">Japan Pavilion</a>, officially nicknamed the 'Purple Silkworm Island'. <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10085/japanese-pavilion-at-shanghai-world-expo-2010.html" target="_blank">Designboom</a> is on the scene in Shanghai and has captured some great images of strange-looking purple bubble. The lightweight structure is composed of a tubular metal support system covered in a purple membrane with <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2005/06/10/solar-panel-roof-tiles/" target="_blank">integrated solar cells</a>.</a></em></a></a></a></a></big></a></a></a></a>...<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/japan-pavilion-is-a-solar-energy-generating-purple-silkworm-island/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Japan Pavilion (photo credit: Xinhua/Wang Song)

</a><em>Photo credit: <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10085/japanese-pavilion-at-shanghai-world-expo-2010.html">Designboom</a></em>
Continuing our coverage of the<a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/04/27/shanghai-world-expo-featuring-green-pavilions-starts-saturday/" target="_blank"> Shanghai World Expo</a>, we come to the <a href="http://shanghai.expo-japan.jp/en/" target="_blank">Japan Pavilion</a>, officially nicknamed the 'Purple Silkworm Island'. <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10085/japanese-pavilion-at-shanghai-world-expo-2010.html" target="_blank">Designboom</a> is on the scene in Shanghai and has captured some great images of strange-looking purple bubble. The lightweight structure is composed of a tubular metal support system covered in a purple membrane with <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2005/06/10/solar-panel-roof-tiles/" target="_blank">integrated solar cells</a>.</a></em></a></a></a></a></big></a></a></a></a>...<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/japan-pavilion-is-a-solar-energy-generating-purple-silkworm-island/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Japan Pavilion (photo credit: Designboom)

</a><em>Photo credit: <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10085/japanese-pavilion-at-shanghai-world-expo-2010.html">Designboom</a></em>
Continuing our coverage of the<a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/04/27/shanghai-world-expo-featuring-green-pavilions-starts-saturday/" target="_blank"> Shanghai World Expo</a>, we come to the <a href="http://shanghai.expo-japan.jp/en/" target="_blank">Japan Pavilion</a>, officially nicknamed the 'Purple Silkworm Island'. <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10085/japanese-pavilion-at-shanghai-world-expo-2010.html" target="_blank">Designboom</a> is on the scene in Shanghai and has captured some great images of strange-looking purple bubble. The lightweight structure is composed of a tubular metal support system covered in a purple membrane with <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2005/06/10/solar-panel-roof-tiles/" target="_blank">integrated solar cells</a>.</a></em></a></a></a></a></big></a></a></a></a>...<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/japan-pavilion-is-a-solar-energy-generating-purple-silkworm-island/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Japan Pavilion (photo credit: Designboom)

</a><em>Photo credit: <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10085/japanese-pavilion-at-shanghai-world-expo-2010.html">Designboom</a></em>
Continuing our coverage of the<a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/04/27/shanghai-world-expo-featuring-green-pavilions-starts-saturday/" target="_blank"> Shanghai World Expo</a>, we come to the <a href="http://shanghai.expo-japan.jp/en/" target="_blank">Japan Pavilion</a>, officially nicknamed the 'Purple Silkworm Island'. <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10085/japanese-pavilion-at-shanghai-world-expo-2010.html" target="_blank">Designboom</a> is on the scene in Shanghai and has captured some great images of strange-looking purple bubble. The lightweight structure is composed of a tubular metal support system covered in a purple membrane with <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2005/06/10/solar-panel-roof-tiles/" target="_blank">integrated solar cells</a>.</a></em></a></a></a></a></big></a></a></a></a>...<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/japan-pavilion-is-a-solar-energy-generating-purple-silkworm-island/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Japan Pavilion (photo credit: Designboom)

</a><em>Photo credit: <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10085/japanese-pavilion-at-shanghai-world-expo-2010.html">Designboom</a></em>
Continuing our coverage of the<a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/04/27/shanghai-world-expo-featuring-green-pavilions-starts-saturday/" target="_blank"> Shanghai World Expo</a>, we come to the <a href="http://shanghai.expo-japan.jp/en/" target="_blank">Japan Pavilion</a>, officially nicknamed the 'Purple Silkworm Island'. <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10085/japanese-pavilion-at-shanghai-world-expo-2010.html" target="_blank">Designboom</a> is on the scene in Shanghai and has captured some great images of strange-looking purple bubble. The lightweight structure is composed of a tubular metal support system covered in a purple membrane with <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2005/06/10/solar-panel-roof-tiles/" target="_blank">integrated solar cells</a>.</a></em></a></a></a></a></big></a></a></a></a>...<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/japan-pavilion-is-a-solar-energy-generating-purple-silkworm-island/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Japan Pavilion EcoTube

Photo credit: Designboom
Continuing our coverage of the Shanghai World Expo, we come to the Japan Pavilion, officially nicknamed the 'Purple Silkworm Island'. Designboom is on the scene in Shanghai and has captured some great images of strange-looking purple bubble. The lightweight structure is composed of a tubular metal support system covered in a purple membrane with integrated solar cells....